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Oriya vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Oriya


Countries

Countries
India  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
0  
15

National Language
India  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
42  
22
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
11  
8

How Many Consonants
31  
21
34  
24

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
Not Available  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
India  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
India  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
India  
India  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
21
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million  
34
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
40.00 million  
24

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
oriya  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Oriya-Sprache  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Odias  
Not Available  

History

Origin
3 BC  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Odia  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
32  
26
37  
29

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
or  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
ori  
bho  

ISO 639 3
ori  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
macr1269  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-sa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Oriya and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Oriya vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Oriya and Bhojpuri language. History of Oriya language states that this language originated in 3 BC whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Oriya and Bhojpuri Language History.

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Oriya and Bhojpuri Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Oriya and Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Bhojpuri language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Oriya vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

The Oriya vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya Alphabets and Bhojpuri Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Oriya and Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.

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